Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tampering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tamper \Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tampered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tampering}.] [A corruption of temper.]
1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to
tamper with a disease.
'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon.
2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and
Lambert. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tampering
n : the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: {meddling}]
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